Dyeing apparatus.



A. RUDLER.

DYEING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION men APR-13. 191s.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 22, 1913,

Application filed April 13, 1918. Serial no. 228,425.

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Beit known that I, ALBERT R DLER, a citizen of France, residing at Oxford Furnace, 1n the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dyeing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification. a Theinveiition relates to dyeing, and has for an object to provide an apparatus for dyeing 'variouslkinds' and characters of silk,

wool, cotton and mixed goods and material in pieces or skeins, or'in any othermanner.

Among other features the invention comprehends apparatus for dyeing various kinds offn'iaterials, particularly materials which come in bulk or in rolls, as inthe case of a bolt of 016th, and tothis end use is made of a suitablegvat-and a frame, the lattenbeiiigadapted to hold. the cloth tobe dyed in a manner whichwill insure eifectiveactionojfthe'dye'fluid weaned in the vat, 111

thematerial, and wherebyfurther the particularconstruction and arrangement of the permits of effectively subjecting the cloth or material to the action of the fluid to obtain the bestfesults. With this in mind,

Iaim to provide a dyeing apparatus that is so designedand constructed that a bolt of eloth or other material will be evenly subjectedto the dyeing action of the fluid, so that the material will be uniformly dyed and the dyeing, when finished, will not result a product that isdy'edin blotches' or spots only, but in which the product will be uniformly dyed throughout, the dyeing process, andoperation'being further expedited by the particular arrangement and form of the device I emplo Inth'e further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and. in which j .Figure 1 isa fragmentary enlarged vertishowing the arrangement of the holding needles. 7 i p Fig; 2 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken through the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig.3 a vertical reduced sectional view taken through the vat and dye frame, showing the relative arrangement thereof, and

Fig, 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the structure shown in Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the views, '1

the numeral 10 indicates a vat which may be of any preferable type and form of constructlon, but is here shown of angular configuration, the vat being of sufficient depth to prevent any when the frame, which is to be hereinafter described, immersed therein. The frame is indicated by the numeral 11 and the same is of a substantially rectangular construction providing side pieces 12 and end pieces 13, with suitable connecting apparatus 1 1 preferably provided with a series of perforations 15. A plurality of studs 16 extend into opposed sides of the frame to swingingly support the frame upon a supporting frame or element 17, consisting of uprights 18 and a cross piece 19, the latter having connection with adepending cable 20 passing around a suitable pulley 21 carried on a shaft 22, the latter also carrying a tooth wheel 23 meshing with a beveled wheel 24 on a driving shaft 25. The cable 20 is wound on the pu1- ley 21, and by operation of the driving shaft it will be understood that the frame will be splashing of the dye fluid drawn upwardly to remove the same from numeral 27, and the rack consists essentially of a plurality of slide bars 28, there being preferably provided an upper pair and a lower pair of said bars, the ends of which are secured to the frame by bolts 29 passing through the apertures 15, so that the upper and lower pairs of bars can be brought together closely or spaced apart, depending upon the extent and amount of the cloth to be used and its width. Mounted to slide in the upper and lower bars of the rack and in the slots thereof, are holders 30 which holders may be better termed needle holders, in that they have secured therein projecting needles 31 extending horizontally to pass through the ends of the cloth and be seated in sliding cross pieces 32, adapted to slide in the slots of the bars 28,sa id cross pieces having longitudinal horizontal slots 33 therein and the inner ends of which are enlarged vertically with respect to the frame, the needle holders then being advanced'so that the ends of the needles will pass into the slots 33 of the cross pieces forming the seats for the needles, thus securing the goods in position upon the frame, or more particularly upon the rack.

The entire frame is now lowered into the vat and subjected to the dye fluid contained therein, and in order that the goods will be uniformly dyed, the frame, after the goods have been subjected to the action of the fluid, is raised from the vat and the entire frame swung upon the studs 16, sothat that portion of the goods which formerlywas at the upper end of the. frame, will now be at the lower end thereof, and the frame is now immersed in the vat so as to insure uniform dyeing of the goods.

It has been found by experience that in submerging goods in a vat of dye, the portion of the goods near the bottom of the vat was dyed a shade darker than the goods near the top of the vat, and it is in order to overcome this deficiency that I have designed and constructed a frame so that it can be swung entirely around on the supporting frame of the apparatus. It will of course be understood that the needles can be of any length and that any kind of goods can be supported upon the frame, depending of course upon the size thereof. Further a it will be seen that the racks 26 can be ad seen that the device described is of simple construction; that by the raising and lowering arrangement of the frame, the goods can be removed at anytime from the vat and inspected, and then the frame turned around to bring the goods back into contact with the dye fluid, when the frame is im mersed in the vat, so that the goods which formerly hung near the top of the frame will now be near the bottom thereof, so as to positively receive the action of the dye fluid.

With a device of this character, the material can readily be placed in position on the frame for the dyeing process, and can be as easily removed, and by having the needles and needle holders arranged as described, the spacing of the difierent layers of goods will be effectively accomplished, particularly as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, it

will be seen thatin placing-the goods upon the needles, the width of the goods will be vertically disposed, and when a length of Copies of this patent may be obtained for Although I have shown a particularform r of my invention, I do not limit myself to the specific construction described herein; various slight changes maybe made with; out departing from the spirit of the invention, and the scope of the latter is defined in the appended claims.

Iclaim: N

1. A dyeing apparatuscomprising in combination with. a vat, a frame, means for lowering the frame intothe vat oriraising the frame out of the vat, horizontally disposed slottedracks adjustably carried on the frame, horizontally disposedv needle holders slidingly mounted on said racks, needles in said holders and meansmounted to slide on the racks for seating the ends of said needlesto support the goods to be dyed upon the needles between ,the needle holders and said seating means.

2. In a dyeing apparatus, a supporting frame, a second frame mounted to swing upon the supporting frame, said second frame being revoluble upon the supporting frame, means for raising or lowering said supporting frame and said second frame without interfering with the revolving of said second frame u on the supporting frame, adjustable rac s on said second frame, needle holders mounted to slide on said racks, needles on said needle holders to support the goods to be dyed, and means for seatingthe ends of said needles after H I the same have dyed. 3 i 3. In-a dyeingapparatuathe combination with a vat and a vertically movable penetrated the goods to be supporting frame, of a material-holding ture,

ALBERT RUDLER.

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